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Standin’ On Business! Terrence Howard Sues CAA Over ‘Empire’ Salary & Racial Bias (Video)

<p><strong>Terrence Howard<&sol;strong> has taken a major step against the Creative Artists Agency &lpar;CAA&rpar;&comma; alleging racism and discriminatory practices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;terrence-howard-hustle-flow-crash-role-movie&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WATCH&colon; Morris Chestnut &amp&semi; Terrence Howard Dish On &&num;8216&semi;The Best Man&colon; The Final Chapters&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;terrence-howard-empire-lawsuit-caa-1235658924&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Deadline<&sol;a> reports that Howard&&num;8217&semi;s attorneys are claiming racial bias as the reason for the unfair reduction of his salary for his role in &&num;8216&semi;Empire&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &&num;8216&semi;Hustle &amp&semi; Flow&&num;8217&semi; actor alleges that the talent agency did not compensate him fairly compared to the white actors they also represented on the former FOX musical drama&comma; even though he was the lead star&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The alleged act of urging Howard to sign a contract lower than what he was entitled to is now deemed as a conflict of interest&comma; an act of racism&comma; and a clear violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B-sIL7rnygM" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The father of four further alleges that CAA failed to advocate for him or take appropriate action against the discriminatory practices and consequently stifled him out of a fair salary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Howard claims that he didn&&num;8217&semi;t know about the pay difference compared to other CAA clients until he started researching and discovered that his success on the show entitled him to a much higher salary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Terrence Howard Reveals His &&num;8216&semi;Empire&&num;8217&semi; Salary<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The actor earned &dollar;350&comma;000 per episode in the final season&period; But in a news conference held on Friday&comma; his attorneys at Cochran Firm believed that he should have been earning up to 50 percent more&comma; particularly because he was one of the lead stars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Howard argued that &&num;8216&semi;Empire&&num;8217&semi; was one of the most-watched shows at the peak of its success&comma; amassing just as much popularity as NBC&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;The Big Bang Theory&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;Empire&&num;8217&semi; surpassed the latter in viewership several times&comma; with its lead star <strong>Jim Parsons<&sol;strong> taking &&num;8220&semi;significantly more&&num;8221&semi; in pay than Howard for reasons the actor remains perplexed by&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;They’re big companies to go to war against&period; But sooner or later&comma; you’ve got to stand up&comma; because they’re just trampling over the rights of the artists&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he concluded&comma; per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;complex&period;com&sol;pop-culture&sol;a&sol;alex-ocho&sol;terrence-howard-sues-caa-over-lowball-empire-salary&num;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Complex<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We expect our agents and our lawyers to look after us&comma; and therefore&comma; we’re free to do all of the work that you guys enjoy so much&comma;” Howard reportedly explained&comma; per the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;latimes&period;com&sol;entertainment-arts&sol;business&sol;story&sol;2023-12-08&sol;terrence-howard-sues-caa-empire-salary" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Los Angeles Times<&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I trusted CAA to look after me&comma; and they looked after themselves&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued by saying that he couldn&&num;8217&semi;t imagine this happening to a white actor with the same accolades and world recognition as him&period; His attorney&comma; Carlos Moore&comma; on the other hand&comma; didn&&num;8217&semi;t hesitate to be a little more direct during the conference&comma; adding&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Discovery will show that this was racism&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C0ncjpKLzFr" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;terrence-howard-receives-a-star-on-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Terrence Howard Receives A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"152134" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;terrence-howard-lawsuit-caa-racial-bias-empire-salary&sol;" data-secure&equals;"80b5632ba6"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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